The ELD level 5 is the final and Advanced stage of proficiency. It can take up to three years to reach this level.
Student Behaviors:
1. Paraphrases/synthesizes content material
2. Generates discussions
3. Socially comfortable
4. Understands and makes plays on words
5. Reads/writes at grade level
Students at the advanced level may still struggle with direct explanations or feel out of place, but can easily be addressed because a student at this level is fluent in English.
Key Strategies:
1. Fostering social and interactive situations
2. Paraphrasing and summarizing materials
3. Studying figurative language
4. Advanced organizers to clarify difficult concepts
Reading
Reads at grade level
Strategies:
*literature circles
*encourage personal responses
*supply wide range of books
Student Behaviors:
1. Paraphrases/synthesizes content material
2. Generates discussions
3. Socially comfortable
4. Understands and makes plays on words
5. Reads/writes at grade level
Students at the advanced level may still struggle with direct explanations or feel out of place, but can easily be addressed because a student at this level is fluent in English.
Key Strategies:
1. Fostering social and interactive situations
2. Paraphrasing and summarizing materials
3. Studying figurative language
4. Advanced organizers to clarify difficult concepts
Reading
*encourage personal responses
*supply wide range of books
Writing
*provide computer technology
*teach presentation software
*create multimedia presentations
Speaking
- Generates discussions and is socially comfortable
- Strategies:
*assign leadership roles in cooperative groupsListening
- Paraphrases content material
- Understands and makes plays and words
- Poses higher order questions
- Strategies:
*ask students to paraphrase*ask students to word play